THURSDAY: THE LAST SUPPER

Read: Matthew 26:17-30

Reflect

If you knew that you only had a few hours of freedom left, who would you eat a meal with and what would you eat? Jesus spent His last few hours with His best friends (the disciples) eating bread and drinking wine. That might seem like a strange last meal, but the bread and wine symbolized what Jesus was about to do. The bread represented His body, which was about to be broken; the wine represented His blood, which would be spilled as payment for the sins of the world. When followers of Jesus gather to eat bread and drink wine (or juice) to honor Jesus’ sacrifice, it’s called taking communion – something you may have heard of or participated in before!

Why do you think Jesus chose to have His followers remember His sacrifice with food and drink?

Why do you think communion is something we do in the presence of other followers of Jesus and not by ourselves?

Respond

Spend some time thinking about what it would have been like to be at the dinner table with Jesus that night. What are some things you would say to Him? Pray those things to Him.

What do you need today? What are you grateful for today? Is there anything you need to get off your chest? Tell Jesus about it.